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Texas Flat Consolidated

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103213
MRDS ID M022296
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Flat Consolidated
Related records 10211786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.71291, 37.27021 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position 1 MI NW COARSE GOLD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahwahnee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S;007S 021E;021E 06;31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 NW 1/4 6 , S 1/2 SW 1/4 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.71291, 37.27021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 30 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN PARALLELS BEDDING OF ENCLOSING SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, BUT SINCE 1903 , IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT $185000 , THE ORE AVG. $4/TON. CON 0.5 %, VALUED AT $98/TON, AND BULLION FINENESS 0.555 . ORE WAS ALSO REPORTEDLY STOPED AND MILLED FOR $1.40/TON. WORK ON FOOTWALL OF VEIN AT NO. 3 LEVEL ENCOUNTERED ORE FROM $20 - $50/TON IN VALUE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED TO 1200 FT. LEVEL. 1400 FT. ADIT, 920 FT. INCLINE. MILL. DETAILED DIAGRAM IN MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 ) P. 551 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 325 - 326 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 25 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1950 , MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADERA COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 474 , PL. 73 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 551 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN; ORE SHOOTS RAKE TO NORTH AT A FLAT ANGLE, 3.5 - 4 FT. THICK
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. DISCOVERED IN 1853 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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